The Women And The Dress Of Modesty In Islam-True Guidance

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Women are one of most beautiful and favorite creations of Allah (SWT). Thus, they are abiding to cover their features and they should be very careful when they are covering themselves up. Women should not decorate themselves in a way that attracts or provosts any nonmahrams that is the strangers.

Woman is not a piece of show, hence it is very important for every woman to take care of herself by not showing her off to the evil world and to the non mehrums(strangers). So the question is what is the criteria for observing hijab? Ulemas (scholars) came to the following conclusions:

🔶 The garment should be such that it covers everything from your head to toe.

🔶 The garment should not be very attractive and glamorous

🔶The garment or abaya should not be seen through

🔶The garment or abaya should not be very gaudy and the material should be thick

🔶 It should not be tight

🔶 It should not highlight your figure 

🔶 It should not have any kind of perfumes or it.

Allah has mentioned the clear veres of women modesty In Quran:

"O you Children of Adam! We have bestowed on you raiment to cover your shame as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness, that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition.” (Quran 7:26)

“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss.” (Quran 24:31).

“O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (Quran 33:59).

Sisters who wear hijab and burqa properly but have put a lot of makeup on their faces that dazzles eyes. Allah (SWT) regarded this matter also in the Qur’an on the same verse above,  "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof;"

Any type of adornment which makes a woman look "made-up" and attracts the amorous attention is not permissible, as this would defeat the whole purpose of hijab. And they should not also any perfume as the aroma of perfume also attracts any human. But nowadays we see that women don't understand this meaning. They cover their self, but showing their beauty to non mehrums and have put lots of makeup. Hijab now comes to fashion, they show their self to strangers and doesn't hide their proper hairs. They should properly cover their hair with a scarf, because the hairs are the most attractive part of a woman's body and lots of women will go to jahannum (hell) because of showing their hairs to strangers (non mehrums) May Allah (SWT) guide all of us along the straight path. Ameen.